Vanya Shivashankar, 13, of Olathe, Kansas, and Gokul Venkatachalam, 14, of Chesterfield, Missouri, were declared co-winners of the National Spelling Bee. It is the second year in a row in which the contest has ended in a tie.
Shivashankar correctly spelled the word "scherenschnitte" and Venkatachalam correctly spelled the word "nunatak." The contest was declared a draw because there weren't enough words left on the competition's list for them to keep facing off until only one was left standing.
In this year's national championship, 285 spellers competed for the title.
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